Postanal repair - do the long-term results justify the procedure?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-372

  Mackey, P ^a   Mackey, L ^a   Kennedy, M L ^a   King, D W ^a   Newstead, G L ^a   Douglas, P R ^a   Lubowski, D Z ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Postanal; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFECATION; FECES; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GRACILOPLASTY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTANAL REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77954374321     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01800.x     Document Type: Article

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